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Apple Almond Fresh Ginger Cardamom Cake
Dairy free recipes, From the Kitchen, Sweet Treats

Apple Almond Fresh Ginger Cardamom Cake

February 2, 2023 surreyfarms.net 8 Comments

A light and moist cake with the lovely flavors of fresh apple, fresh ginger and cardamom; all made even more delicious with almond flour and sour cream.

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Pumpkin Ginger Almond Cake
From the Kitchen, Sweet Treats

Pumpkin Ginger Almond Cake

January 19, 2021 surreyfarms.net 4 Comments

If you like the spicy flavor of ginger with the sweetness of pumpkin and cinnamon this cake is simply delicious. The cake is moist with a crumbly texture, its not too sweet and has a lovely ginger flavor.

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New Year’s Brunch with Jo & Oliver
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New Year’s Brunch with Jo & Oliver

January 16, 2022 surreyfarms.net 6 Comments

Happy Sunday! Hope your’e having a relaxing weekend. Today I’d like to share with you pics of a wonderful brunch we had last Sunday with our good friends Jo and Oliver.

Ginger Teacakes with Apple Brandy Syrup
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Ginger Teacakes with Apple Brandy Syrup

September 10, 2021 surreyfarms.net 2 Comments

Today I’d like to share this fabulous apple ginger teacake recipe from TeatimeMagazine. Gingery, with the fragrance of apples, these are awesome teacakes for afternoon tea or to have with your morning coffee.

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Lemon Honey Ginger Pound Cake
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Lemon Honey Ginger Pound Cake

April 21, 2018 surreyfarms.net 10 Comments

To use two wonderful ingredients – fresh-picked lemons and gorgeous amber colored honey, I made a lemon honey cake. And for extra bit of flavor and moistness I added fresh ginger. The result is a delicious lemon honey ginger pound cake.

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Carrot Ginger Tea Cake with Lime Glaze
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Carrot Ginger Tea Cake with Lime Glaze

May 19, 2018 surreyfarms.net 10 Comments

This recipe for carrot ginger tea cake that is so easy to make it’ll become your go to recipe again and again.

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Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cake
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Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cake

November 17, 2022 surreyfarms.net 6 Comments

This recipe is for a pumpkin coffee cake that is light on the pumpkin, spongey, with a crunchy brown sugar topping and soft buttery center. Perfect paired with coffee or tea.

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Apple Ginger Cake
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Apple Ginger Cake

August 4, 2017 surreyfarms.net 19 Comments

An apple cake that is not too sweet, not too dry, but just right? This recipe is the one. This apple cake is the perfect balance of sweet with a little kick of spices, all mixed together with grated fresh apples and fresh ginger.

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Ginger Vanilla Orange Pound Cake with Golden Raisins
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Ginger Vanilla Orange Pound Cake with Golden Raisins

November 15, 2017 surreyfarms.net 12 Comments

This ginger vanilla pound cake was my attempt to make a soft, buttery, moist pound cake with half of the butter required, while still keeping that unique pound cake characteristics.

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Summer Birthday Brunch and Dinner. Menus Worth Replicating
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Summer Birthday Brunch and Dinner. Menus Worth Replicating

July 13, 2020 surreyfarms.net 12 Comments

Hello and a good Monday to you all.  How was your weekend?  Relaxing? Quiet? Busy?  I hope you had a chance to not do anything for a bit. For us it was a very quiet weekend, and for me – it was a very relaxing weekend.

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"Nature. That’s the one thing that tips the balance in terms of living here in California. Within minutes I can be in a desert, at the ocean, in the wine country, and that’s the most nourishing food for my soul. -Lara Pulver  

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  1. Buy it with thought
  2. Cook it with care
  3. Use less wheat & meat
  4. Buy local foods
  5. Serve just enough
  6. Use what is left
  7. Don’t waste it

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Mediterranean Diet named best year after year and now again for 2023

Year after year, when multiple diets are looked at for effectiveness, benefits for life and longevity, and long term sustainability, it’s the Mediterranean Diet that comes on top every time.

The diet features simple, plant-based cooking, with the majority of each meal focused on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans and seeds, with a few nuts and a heavy emphasis on extra virgin olive oil.
Meals may include eggs, dairy and poultry, but in much smaller portions than in the traditional Western diet. Fish, however, are a staple.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/05/health/mediterranean-diet-2021-best-diet-wellness/index.html

 

Eat a salad boost brain power

Older adults who reported regularly eating one to two servings a day of green leafy vegetables slowed their rate of age-related cognitive decline. So much so, in fact, that they tested as if they were 11 years younger!  Journal of Neurology

 

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 Start Gardening To Eat Better

A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that when older cancer survivors started an at-home vegetable garden, they boosted their daily produce intake, prevented some waistline weight gain, and reported feel greater “worth” compared to their counterparts who didn’t garden. Cooking Light Magazine.

Not exercising worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease, study reveals.

We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease.  Source:  Journal of American Medical Associatio (JAMA)

diet quality, not quantity, is what helps people lose and manage their weight

Diet quality, not quantity, is what helps people lose and manage their weight most easily in the long run. If you cut back on added sugar, refined grains and highly processed foods and eat plenty of vegetables and whole foods, you can lose significant amounts of weight — even without limiting portion sizes. The Times’s Anahad O’Connor reported this week,

Healthy Tip

“Green, leafy vegetables such as arugula, kale, collard greens, broccoli, spinach, and Swiss chard are among the foods that support brain health.” CBSnews.com

5 Lifestyle Habits that Help your live longer

  1. Not smoking
  2. Eating healthy
  3. Excercising regularly
  4. Maintaining a normal weight
  5. Drinking only in moderation

 

Gardening could be the hobby that helps you live to 100

According to a recent BBC article Many of the world’s centenarians share one common hobby: gardening.

Quotable quotes

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain

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